This game lives rent free in my heart…
Now, this one bothers me because it is the only damn Jurassic Park game I haven’t found physical for my Xbox and that infuriates me…
But that has nothing to do with my review…
It was just a comment.
This game gave me something I never knew I needed, at a time where I absolutely wanted it.
Being a huge fan of Jurassic Park/World, this game gave me the opportunity to role play as my very own version of John Hammond, and create the perfect Jurassic Park I never thought could even happen.
And just like in the film, it was not meant to happen…
The many different things that can go wrong in this game keep you on your toes at all times as you try to reach the maximum star rating possible, from weather problems like rain and hurricanes, down to more, typical, Jurassic problems like, certain species wanting to wreck havoc around your civilian-riddled park.
Still, the reward factor of slowly building your park has no equal, from sending teams to dig up new skeletons and completing DNA sequences for more species, to researching new security measures and park attractions.
I swear, it’s so fun and intuitive, it physically prevents you from leaving the game FOR HOURS, as you get closer and closer to the final goal.
Apart from the classic sim aspects of the game, it also has some interactive sections that make it a little bit more of a hands-on challenge.
From driving around and experiencing your rides in first person, to chasing down roaming dinosaurs and bringing them back to their enclosures, it definitely has a lot for everyone who plays it.
Now all of these things Can also be found in today’s Jurassic World Evolution games, which are basically spiritual successors to the original al Operation Genesis, however, while good and fun on their own, I still firmly believe none of them were able to fully stick the landing about as good as Genesis did.
Is this nostalgia speaking?…. Most definitely.
But it is one that matches the opinions voiced by many who still revere this game as perhaps the best Jurassic Park game ever made.
And I kinda agree.
Somehow, somewhere… this game, still… found a way.
Now, this one bothers me because it is the only damn Jurassic Park game I haven’t found physical for my Xbox and that infuriates me…
But that has nothing to do with my review…
It was just a comment.
This game gave me something I never knew I needed, at a time where I absolutely wanted it.
Being a huge fan of Jurassic Park/World, this game gave me the opportunity to role play as my very own version of John Hammond, and create the perfect Jurassic Park I never thought could even happen.
And just like in the film, it was not meant to happen…
The many different things that can go wrong in this game keep you on your toes at all times as you try to reach the maximum star rating possible, from weather problems like rain and hurricanes, down to more, typical, Jurassic problems like, certain species wanting to wreck havoc around your civilian-riddled park.
Still, the reward factor of slowly building your park has no equal, from sending teams to dig up new skeletons and completing DNA sequences for more species, to researching new security measures and park attractions.
I swear, it’s so fun and intuitive, it physically prevents you from leaving the game FOR HOURS, as you get closer and closer to the final goal.
Apart from the classic sim aspects of the game, it also has some interactive sections that make it a little bit more of a hands-on challenge.
From driving around and experiencing your rides in first person, to chasing down roaming dinosaurs and bringing them back to their enclosures, it definitely has a lot for everyone who plays it.
Now all of these things Can also be found in today’s Jurassic World Evolution games, which are basically spiritual successors to the original al Operation Genesis, however, while good and fun on their own, I still firmly believe none of them were able to fully stick the landing about as good as Genesis did.
Is this nostalgia speaking?…. Most definitely.
But it is one that matches the opinions voiced by many who still revere this game as perhaps the best Jurassic Park game ever made.
And I kinda agree.
Somehow, somewhere… this game, still… found a way.